reception

Meanings

Plural: receptions

Noun

• the manner in which something is greeted
  • "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
• a formal party of people; as after a wedding
• quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
• the act of receiving
• (American football) the act of catching a pass in football
  • "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line"
• The act of receiving.
• The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
• A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
• A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
• The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
• The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
• The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
• The act of catching a pass.
• Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.

Synonyms

front desk, receipt, response

Related Words

receive, receptacle, receptible, receptive, receptor